Critter News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Trader Joe's, a national specialty grocer, offers a large range of vegan and soy products. They are debeaked because that is necessary to keep them from injuring each other." They are debeaked because that is necessary to keep them from injuring each other." They also offer "Cage Free" eggs.

Eggs 100

Eggs Cage Free Debeaking Humane 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

Egg production, including on free-range farms, entails the mass killing of newborn male chicks, a point made in Nicholas D. Hens in all forms of egg production endure an equally cruel execution once their profitability has declined. The debeaking of hens and other routine cruelties of egg production are seldom put before the public.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Proposition 2 Free Range 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Since chickens of the strain raised for meat production aren't typically raised in cages, the label "free roaming chicken" can legally be applied to chickens that were painfully debeaked and then permanently confined in an overcrowded shed with 100,000 other chickens each of whom had 7/10 of a square foot of floor space.

Factory 40

Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

In addition, the animals are subjected to excruciating mutilations – including branding, dehorning, debeaking, tooth pulling, tail docking, and castration – all performed without anesthesia. The noxious fumes from the accumulated urine and feces cause lung problems in many of the animals. How might one defend premise (6)?

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Lacto-Ovo Ethics 40